2012 Mondial Minimes

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U.S. WNT OPENS ITS 20TH ALGARVE CUP WITH MATCH AGAINST NORWAY:
The U.S. Women’s National Team will open its 20th Algarve Cup in Portugal on March 4 with a match against longtime rival Norway at Municipal Stadium in
Vila Real de San Antonio, which sits on the border with Spain in the southeast of Portugal. The match kicks off at 2 p.m. ET and will be shown on FOX
Sports 1. The opening fixture of the 12-team tournament will pit the only two countries to have won Olympic gold medals in women’s soccer. The USA has met
Norway 48 times – the most games against any opponent besides Canada and China PR – but the sides have not faced each other since the 2012 Algarve Cup, a
2-1 U.S. victory. The WNT will also face Switzerland on March 6 in Vila Real de San Antonio (12 p.m. ET on FOX Sports 1) and finish Group B play on March 9
against Iceland in Lagos (1:30 p.m. ET). The USA’s final Group B match against Iceland will not be televised due to inadequate lighting at the Municipal
Stadium in Lagos. The USA comes into the Algarve Cup with a 1-1-0 record in 2015, having lost to France 2-0 and defeated England 1-0 on a European tour in
early February.

GOING FOR 10:
The U.S. WNT last won the Algarve Cup in 2013, beating Germany 2-0 in the title game to earn its ninth cup, the most of any country. The U.S. team will
train for eight days in Portugal before its opening match in a tournament that features six of the world’s top-10 ranked teams, including the top five.
Brazil, currently ranked eighth, will be participating for the first time. In all, 11 of the 12 participating countries are ranked in the top-20 in the
world. Fans can follow all the U.S. games on Twitter @ussoccer_wnt and @ussoccer_esp, and watch highlights on ussoccer.com.

For a full listing of the 2015 Algarve Cup schedule and results, visit the tournament page on ussoccer.com.

ALGARVE CUP FORMAT:
This will be the 22nd edition of the Algarve Cup, and for the first time in 14 years, it has undergone a change in the competition format. When the Algarve
Cup expanded from eight to 12 teams in 2001, a Group C was created that generally consisted of lower-tier teams that were eligible to compete only for
spots in the placement matches for seventh, ninth and 11th. This year, for the first time, all 12 teams will be competing for the tournament title. The
final will be contested by the two group winners with the most points (or if all three group winners are tied on points, the top two will be determined by
a series of tiebreakers). The third-place match will feature the third-best group winner against the best second-place team from the three groups. In
addition, the fifth-place match will be played between the two remaining second-place teams; the seventh-place match between the two best third-place
teams; the ninth-place match between the remaining third-place team against the best fourth-place team; while the 11th-place match will feature the
remaining two teams that finished fourth in their groups.

ALGARVE CUP FAST FACTS

There will be no overtime in the Algarve Cup placement games on March 11. If tied at the end of regulation, any of the six placement matches will go
directly to penalty kicks.

In each match, each team is allowed to perform six substitutions using four stops during the match. However, when the second half starts, each team can
only make three stops to perform a maximum of six substitutions. During each stop, each team can substitute one or more players.

The tiebreakers within the groups are as follows: 1) head-to-head result, 2) goal differential, 3) goals scored, 4) best Fair Play ranking from the group
matches and 5) best FIFA ranking.

If two or more teams have the same points in different groups, the tiebreakers to determine the placement matches will be: 1) goal differential, 2) goals
scored, 3) best Fair Play ranking from the group matches and 4) best FIFA ranking.

If a player earns two yellow card cautions during the tournament, she will receive a one-match suspension. A red card will also result in a one-game suspension.

Two awards will be given out at the end of the tournament – Best Player and the Fair Play Award.

ALGARVE CUP BEGINS EIGHT-GAME RUN TO WORLD CUP:
The USA heads into the Algarve Cup with eight games remaining before opening Women’s World Cup play on June 8 against Australia in Winnipeg. The U.S. team
will play four matches in eight days at the Algarve Cup and then return home for four matches over April and May, the first of which will be played on
April 4 at Busch Stadium in St. Louis. More than 30,000 tickets have already been sold for the match. Last year at the Algarve Cup, the USA had its 43-game
unbeaten streak snapped when it fell 1-0 to Sweden in its second group game. Prior to that, the USA’s most recent loss was a 1-0 defeat to Japan on March
5, 2012, in the third match of group play at the Algarve Cup. Since last year’s Algarve Cup, the USA has gone 14-2-4.

2015 U.S. WNT SCHEDULE:

Date

Opponent

Time

TV/Result

Venue

Feb. 8

France

12 p.m. ET

0-2 L

Stade du Moustoir; Lorient, France

Feb. 13

England

3 p.m. ET

1-0 W

stadiummk; Milton Keynes, England

March 4

Norway*

2 p.m. ET

FOX Sports 1

Vila Real de San Antonio, Portugal

March 6

Switzerland*

6 p.m. ET

FOX Sports 1

Vila Real de San Antonio, Portugal

March 9

Iceland*

1:30 p.m. ET

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Lagos, Portugal

March 11

TBD*

TBD

FOX Sports 1

TBD, Portugal

April 4

New Zealand

2:30 p.m. CT

FOX Sports 1

Busch Stadium; St. Louis, Mo.

May 10

Ireland

11:30 a.m. PT

FOX Sports 1

Avaya Stadium; San Jose, Calif.

May 17

Mexico

6 p.m. PT

FOX Sports 1

StubHub Center; Carson, Calif.

May 30

Korea Rep.

4:30 p.m. ET

ESPN, WatchESPN

Red Bull Arena; Harrison, N.J.

June 8

Australia

6:30 p.m. CT

FOX

Winnipeg Stadium; Winnipeg, Canada

June 12

Sweden

7 p.m. CT

FOX

Winnipeg Stadium; Winnipeg, Canada

June 16

Nigeria

5 p.m. PT

FOX

BC Place Stadium; Vancouver, Canada

* Algarve Cup

USA DRAWN INTO GROUP D AT 2015 WOMEN’S WORLD CUP:
At the Final Draw conducted on Dec. 6 in Ottawa, the U.S. Women's National Team was drawn into Group D at the 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup where it will
face Australia, Nigeria and Sweden. The seventh Women’s World Cup will take place from June 6-July 5 in Canada. The U.S. will open the tournament against
Australia on June 8 at Winnipeg Stadium, face Sweden on June 12 in Winnipeg, and finish Group D play against Nigeria on June 16 at BC Place in Vancouver.
The USA, Nigeria and Sweden have competed in every edition of the FIFA Women's World Cup.

21 AND COUNTING:
Abby Wambach comes into the 2015 Algarve Cup with a world record 177 international goals, of which 21 have been scored at the Algarve Cup. Heading into her
11th Algarve Cup tournament, she also has 19 career goals against the USA’s three group opponents – 12 against Norway, one against Switzerland and six
against Iceland.

25 TO ALGARVE:
U.S. Women’s National Team head coach Jill Ellis has named a 25-player roster for the 2015 Algarve Cup but before the competition begins, Ellis will name
23 players to the tournament roster to face Norway, Switzerland and Iceland in Group B. The roster includes 22 of the 24 players that were in Europe for
the USA’s recent matches against France and England, with midfielder Megan Rapinoe, defender Christie Rampone and goalkeeper Hope Solo added.

Forward Alex Morgan did not play in last year’s Algarve Cup as she was recovering from an ankle injury. Midfielder Lauren Holiday missed last year’s
tournament due to a family commitment. She has scored six goals in the Algarve Cup.

Holiday, the 2013 NWSL MVP and 2014 NWSL Championship Game MVP, was also the 2014 U.S. Soccer Female Athlete of the Year.

Hope Solo comes into the tournament with a U.S. record 78 career shutouts.

U.S. captain Christie Rampone is currently the second most-capped player in U.S. and world history with 304. Rampone could play in her 14th Algarve
Cup.

Midfielder Carli Lloyd was the MVP of the 2007 Algarve Cup after scoring in all four games that year. She also scored three goals in the 2010
tournament and has 10 goals in total at the Algarve Cup. That ranks third among active players behind only Abby Wambach (21) and Morgan (11).

Veteran midfielder Shannon Boxx could see her first action in a game since April of 2013 when she played against Germany in a 3-3 tie in Offenbach.
Boxx’s long layoff was due to injuries, but also pregnancy, as she gave birth to a baby daughter a little more than one year ago. Boxx has 27 goals in 186
caps for the USA and played in the past three Women’s World Cup and three Olympic tournaments.

Lloyd was the only player to log all 450 minutes during the 2014 CONCACAF Women’s Championship. She was named MVP of the tournament after scoring five
goals.

Lloyd led the USA in scoring in 2014, finding the net 15 times, tying her career high in a calendar year. Wambach was second with 14 goals. Lloyd also
led the USA in assists with eight.

Brian, the USA’s youngest player at age 22, was the 2014 U.S. Soccer Young Female Athlete of the Year.

While Wambach is the USA’s top scorer on the roster with 177 goals, Lloyd is next with 61 career international goals and Morgan has 49. Heather
O’Reilly has scored 41.

With 14 goals in 2014, Wambach reached double-figures in eight different calendar years. Mia Hamm still holds the record with nine years in
double-figures.

Rodriguez had an excellent 2014 NWSL season with 13 goals in the regular season, good for second in the league and most from the run of play. She
scored three more in the playoffs, including both goals in the NWSL title game. Rodriguez has 28 international scores.

Press’ four-goal performance against Argentina in Brazil in December was the ninth such game in U.S. history and second of 2014 after Wambach scored four
times against Costa Rica in the championship game of the CONCACAF Women’s Championship. It was the first-career hat trick for Press.

Lloyd and Press led the USA with 23 appearances (out of 24 total games) in 2014. Lloyd started all 23.

Naeher, the 2014 NWSL Goalkeeper of the Year for the Boston Breakers, made her USA debut against Argentina on Dec. 18, 2014, and became the 22nd
goalkeeper to suit up for the U.S. WNT.

Naeher also became the seventh U.S. WNT goalkeeper to earn a shutout in her first appearance. The others are Gretchen Gegg (1986), Amy Allmann (1987),
Mary Harvey (1989), Briana Scurry (1994), Solo (2000) and Emily Oleksiuk (2001).

Left back Lori Chalupny played in three matches in the International Tournament of Brasilia last December, starting them all, while making a return to
the U.S. team for the first time since the fall of 2010. She now has 96 caps and potentially could reach 100 at the Algarve Cup.

All nine NWSL clubs are represented on the roster.

IN THE RECORD BOOKS:

With three goals against Argentina on Dec. 18, Carli Lloyd upped her career total to 61 and moved into sole possession of seventh place on the U.S.
WNT’s all-time goal scoring list, passing Shannon MacMillan who scored 60 goals in her career. Lloyd is the highest-scoring player in U.S. history who
has played exclusively as a midfielder.

Heather O’Reilly is the ninth player to hit 200 caps in U.S. history after reaching the milestone against Korea DPR on March 12, 2014. Now with 215,
she is seventh on the USA’s all-time list. Abby Wambach (234) and Christie Rampone (304) are the only active players ahead of her.

O’Reilly is the second-youngest player to hit 200 caps for the USA. Lilly was 28 years, 9 months and 15 days old when she earned cap No. 200 on May 7,
2000. O’Reilly was 29 years, 2 months and 10 days old when she earned her 200th cap.

O’Reilly is currently sixth all-time in assists with 52 and is 13th all-time in goals with 41.

In addition to breaking Mia Hamm’s world scoring record, Wambach’s June 20, 2013,performance against the Korea Republic also made her the
USA’s all-time leader in multiple-goal games with 39 for her career. She has since added four more and now sits at 43. She has 35 two-goal games, five
hat tricks, two four-goal games and one five-goal game.

Sydney Leroux is 15th on the all-time U.S. WNT goal scoring list with 33 goals.

With her game-winning goal against England on Feb. 13, Alex Morgan became the 10th player in U.S. history to score 50 or more goals.

U.S. WNT AT THE ALGARVE CUP

The USA has a 53-12-10 record all-time at the Algarve Cup.

The USA has scored 165 goals while allowing 61 at the Algarve Cup.

38 different players have scored for the USA at the Algarve Cup.

The USA has never lost at the Vila Real de San Antonio venue, site for its first two matches of the 2015 Algarve Cup, going 8-0-1 over the years. At
the Lagos venue, where the USA will play its third Group B match, the USA has a losing record, going 4-5-1 over the years.

The most goals the USA has scored in an Algarve Cup game is seven, achieved against Portugal in 2000.

The most goals the USA has scored in an Algarve Cup game not against Portugal is five, achieved against France in a 5-1 win in 2004 and twice against
Denmark in 5-0 wins in 2006 and 2012.

The U.S. Women have gone 13-1-5 in openers of the annual tournament the past 19 times they have attended. The only loss came in 2001 when the USA
brought a very young team to the Algarve during WUSA pre-season camps.

Until the USA lost to Japan 1-0 in the third group match at the 2012 Algarve Cup, the Americans had not lost a match in regulation at the Algarve Cup
since 2004, a 3-1 setback to Sweden. The USA still made the title game that year and won its second Algarve Cup title 2-0 against China. The USA went
unbeaten in 31 straight Algarve Cup matches before the loss to Japan, a tournament record.

Wambach’s 21 goals are tops all-time at the Algarve Cup for a U.S. player and one of the leaders all time in the 22-year history of the tournament.

The USA had been shut out in just eight of its 75 all-time Algarve Cup games (with two coming in 2001), before being shutout twice in 2006, with both
games ending 0-0 in regulation against China and Germany. The USA was shutout again last year in a 1-0 loss to Sweden in its second group match. The
tie against China in the 2006 Algarve opener broke a streak of 17 straight games in which the USA had scored at this tournament.

Four teams have played in all 22 Algarve Cups so far: Denmark, Norway, Sweden and host Portugal.

ALL-TIME U.S. FINISHES AT THE ALGARVE CUP:
The USA has had some tremendous and remarkable success at the Algarve Cup (eight straight appearances in the championship game from 2004-2012 and nine
titles overall), but the USA didn’t win its first title until its sixth try in 2000 when a Brandi Chastain penalty kick defeated Norway in the title game
1-0. It took the USA three years to win it again.

Year

U.S. Finish

No. of teams

Champion

Runner-Up

1994

Second

6

Norway

USA

1995

Fourth

8

Sweden

Denmark

1996

Did not participate

8

Sweden

Norway

1997

Did not participate

8

Norway

China

1998

Third

8

Norway

Denmark

1999

Second

8

China

USA

2000

First

8

USA

Norway

2001

Sixth

8

Sweden

Denmark

2002

Fifth

12

China

Norway

2003

First

12

USA

China

2004

First

12

USA

Norway

2005

First

12

USA

Germany

2006

Second

12

Germany

USA

2007

First

12

USA

Denmark

2008

First

12

USA

Denmark

2009

Second

12

Sweden

USA

2010

First

12

USA

Germany

2011

First

12

USA

Iceland

2012

Third

12

Germany

Japan

2013

First

12

USA

Germany

2014

Seventh

12

Germany

Japan

HISTORY OF ALGARVE EXCELLENCE:
With the success of the U.S. team in this tournament, the Americans have also taken home several individual awards over the years, including five MVPs and
six Top Scorer awards. In 1999, Tiffeny Milbrett was the Best Player and the Top Scorer with four goals. In 2002, Shannon MacMillan was the Top Scorer with
seven goals, the most in one Algarve Cup tournament by a U.S. player. In 2004, Abby Wambach was the Top Scorer with five goals and Shannon Boxx was voted
Best Player. In 2005, Christie Welsh was Top Scorer with five goals. In 2006, Hope Solo was voted Best Goalkeeper and Boxx took home her second Algarve Cup
MVP award. In 2007, Carli Lloyd did the double, taking the Top Scorer (four goals) and Best Player awards. In 2009, Solo was the first goalkeeper to win
the tournament’s MVP award. In 2011, Alex Morgan scored three goals, tied with a few others, but won the top scorer award as she played the least minutes
of all those tied. In 2013, Morgan was the top scorer in the tournament with three goals while Megan Rapinoe was named Best Player.

BY THE NUMBERS:

0.63: Goals per game the USA has allowed in 2014

2: USA’s FIFA ranking

3.29: Goals per game the USA scored in 2014

8: Assists by Carli Lloyd to lead the team in 2014

13: Number of different U.S. players to score a goal in 2014

19: Goals in 37 career games for Christen Press, a goal in slightly less than every two games

61: Career goals by Lloyd, most ever for a WNT player who has played exclusively as a midfielder

78: Career shutouts by Hope Solo, an all-time U.S. WNT record

80: Minutes on the field per goal averaged by Sydney Leroux in her career

92: Minutes on the field per goal averaged by Alex Morgan in her career

JILL ELLIS FACT FILE
: After her second stint as interim head coach for the U.S. Women’s National Team, a capacity in which she coached two games in 2014 – a win against China
PR and a tie against Canada – Jill Ellis was officially named the eighth head coach of the U.S. WNT on May 16. That 1-0-1 record as interim in 2014,
combined with seven games as interim coach in 2012 (5-0-2) gave her a 6-0-3 record before she ever was officially named the head coach. She has gone 11-2-3
as head coach, for an overall record of 17-2-6. When named head coach, Ellis stepped away from her job as Development Director for the U.S. Women’s
National Teams, a job she was appointed to in January of 2011, but will still work closely with U.S. Women’s National Team Technical Director April
Heinrichs who will oversee the USA’s youth teams.

Ellis has extensive experience in the U.S. Women’s National Team programs having served as an assistant coach for the U.S. Women’s National Team under
Pia Sundhage, helping the team to a gold medal at the 2008 Olympics. She has served two stints as head coach of the U.S. Under-20 Women’s National
Team, guiding the squad to the CONCACAF title in 2010 and to the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup in Germany.

Ellis also had two stints as the head coach of the U.S. Under-21 Women’s National Team, the second starting in the middle of 2005, after which she
guided the team to the Nordic Cup in Sweden. She also coached the U-21s to the Nordic Cup title in Germany in 2000.

Ellis was a scout for the USA at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, and has served as an assistant coach with the U.S. U-21s and U-16 Girls’ National Teams.

Ellis joined U.S. Soccer full-time after a highly successful 12-year run as the head women’s soccer coach for the UCLA Bruins. Ellis led UCLA to eight
NCAA Final Fours, including seven in a row from 2003-2009, and won six straight conference titles from 2003-2008. She finished her time in Westwood
with a record of 229-45-14. Ellis, who was also head coach at the University of Illinois, has an all-time collegiate coaching record of 248-63-14.

She was the 2000 NSCAA National Coach of the Year after leading the Bruins to the NCAA Final in just her second season as head coach.

Ellis arrived in Westwood after heading the University of Illinois women's soccer program for two years. In 1998, she brought the Fighting Illini to a
12-8 record and a first-ever Big Ten Tournament berth. Prior to coaching at Illinois, Ellis served as an assistant coach at the University of Virginia
for one year (1996-97), at Maryland for three years (1994-96) and at North Carolina State for another three years (1988-90). As an assistant coach at
North Carolina State, Ellis helped the Wolfpack secure the 1988 ACC title and an NCAA Final Four appearance.

A forward during her playing days at the College of William & Mary from 1984-87, Ellis was a Third-Team All-American in 1987. In 1984, Ellis helped
Braddock Road in Virginia to the Under-19 club national championship.

Ellis grew up in Portsmouth, England, and came to the United States in 1981 at the age of 15. She also lived in Singapore for two years while her
father helped to develop a national soccer program in that country. She earned her B.A. in English Literature and Composition from the College of
William & Mary in 1988 and currently resides in Los Angeles. She has a USSF “A” coaching license.

The USA and Norway have been playing matches since 1987 and Norway has beaten the USA more than any other country in the world with the USA holding a
27-19-2 all-time record.

Until the early 2000s, Norway was the only country in the world with a winning record against the USA, but the Americans reeled off 10 victories over the
rest of the decade to take the lead in the series.

The most recent meeting was a 2-1 victory for the USA at the 2012 Algarve Cup in group play on goals from Abby Wambach and Sydney Leroux.

The USA has won four straight matches against Norway, all at the Algarve Cup. They were all close matches with three one-goal victories and a two-goal
win.

The USA is 9-4-1 all-time against Norway at the Algarve Cup. Norway’s four wins at this tournament are the most for any team against the USA.

The U.S. has scored 90 goals all-time in the series with Norway. The Norwegians have scored 60, by far the most of any country against the USA.

ussoccer.com takes you behinds the scenes of the WNT equipment room to get a sneak peek at how the team's jerseys are customized for each player. WNT Equipment Manager Matt Owens painstakingly works over the 300+ degree heat press to apply the necessary numbers and name plates to all the players jerseys so they are ready for game day.

The USA opens its 20th Algarve Cup campaign against Norway on Wednesday afternoon at 2 p.m. ET. The game will be broadcast on FOX Sports 1 and will also be available on FOX Sports Go. Fans can also follow U.S. Soccer's coverage on Twitter @ussoccer_wnt, @ussoccer_esp and Instagram @ussoccer_wnt.

On the 2-0 win over Trinidad and Tobago:"Again, we set out what we wanted to do and that was to get three points against a tough Trinidad team. We got a goal in the first half and a goal in the second half. I thought it was a competitive game. I don’t think we were maybe at our sharpest for the 90 minutes. But again we were able to play very well defensively, get a shutout, and get the goals that were necessary. And again good teams are able to win games when maybe it’s not their best night.”

On if the game was more difficult than expected and if the expectations were to score more goals:"I thought Trinidad competed well, put us under pressure. Again it’s a qualifying game and we’ve said from the beginning that you can’t take anybody lightly because everybody can compete and have a good game. Trinidad I thought did well tonight. Like I said, we maybe weren’t at our sharpest, but we still were able to score two goals and we had some other chances that we didn’t capitalize on. But at the end of the day it’s all about getting three points and moving on to the next game.”

On the tournament picture after two games:“Qualifying is always a great competition – every team is going to come and compete. So I think the level has been very good, very competitive. I just saw Honduras play their first game the other night. Honduras is a very good team, but again we’re not really even looking toward Honduras yet. We’re looking toward Guatemala.”

On if he’s thinking that the match against Guatemala could possibly eliminate one of the teams from winning the group:“We’re not really thinking about that. I’m just concentrating on Guatemala and winning the game. We enter every game to win against that opponent. Our focus is on Guatemala and we take one step at a time.”

U-17 MNT midfielder LUCA de la TORRE

On the team’s patience to break down Trinidad and Tobago:"Trinidad and Tobago were pretty athletic and they were good defenders. In a game like that, it’s important to take your time with the ball and speed it up when you need to, but also don’t get too impatient because they can go on the counter as well.

“We probably started the game a little bit slower than we would have liked. But as time went on we got a bit more into it and more confident.”

On the two goals:“I think they were two good pieces of quality – the free kick from Joe (Gallardo) and Christian (Pulisic) finding Haji (Wright) and a great finish from Haji.

U-17 MNT forward HAJI WRIGHT

On how his goal came about:"First, Christian (Pulisic) got the ball and took a great touch, and passed it to me. My first touch was alright, but my second touch was really good. I beat the first defender and after that I knew I was going to be in on goal. Then I took one more prep touch and just fired it.”

On the game in general:“It was a hard game. We had to battle for 90 minutes. It was a very hard game to win.”

On the team’s play defensively:“The defense was really good today. Our center backs played great. [Trinidad] had a big forward and they contained him pretty well today. And even when they subbed him off and we dealt with his replacement well, too.”

U.S. U-17 MNT defender HUGO ARELLANO

On the defense being called on more so than the first match:"It started off pretty slow for us. We had to pick up the pace and obviously compete against them. That really brought up the tempo of the game and it pushed us. We came out with the shutout and that’s what we try to play for, defensively.

On how the defense orchestrated the shutout:“Communication is a big factor, especially in backline. Me and Tanner (Dieterich) were able to do our part in the center, and Johnny (Nelson) and Matt (Olosunde) covered us out wide. And having Will (Pulisci) back there, we knew we were supported.”

SAN PEDRO SULA, Honduras (March 2, 2015) – The U.S. Under-17 Men’s National Team scored a goal in each half to defeat Trinidad & Tobago 2-0 in Group A play at the 2015 CONCACAF U-17 Championship at Estadio Francisco Morazán.

Joe Gallardo scored his tournament-leading fourth goal from of a free kick in the 31st minute and Haji Wright tallied his first goal in qualifying in the 71st minute.

The U.S. is atop Group A with a 2-0-0 record and plus-7 goal differential, while Trinidad & Tobago falls to 0-2-0 and a minus-5 goal differential.

Earlier Monday in Group A action, Jamaica defeated Guatemala 2-1. Guatemala falls to 1-1-0 with a plus-2 goal differential and Jamaica improves to 1-1-0 with a minus-1 goal differential. Cuba (0-1-0, minus-5) and Honduras (1-0-0, plus-2) face each other in Monday night’s last Group A game.

Goal Scoring Rundown:USA – Joe Gallardo, 31st minute: Gallardo drew a foul just above the box, and the USA forward took the subsequent free kick with confidence. Gallardo shot low to the right of Trinidad & Tobago’s seven-man wall and past diving goalkeeper Levi Fernandez, into the right of the frame for the lead. USA 1, TRI 0

USA – Haji Wright (Christian Pulisic), 71st minute: Pulisic played a long ball from midfield to Wright down the left side. Wright had a couple steps on Trinidad & Tobago defender Tekay Hoyce and shot left-footed to the inside of the far right post, past Levi Fernandez, for the two-goal lead. Wright now has 27 goals in 31 games during his U-17 MNT tenure. USA 2, TRI 0 (FINAL)

Key Saves and Defensive Stops:TRI – Noah Powder and Tekay Hoyce, 9th minute: The USA had back-to-back scoring chances shortly after a set piece. After Christian Pulisic’s corner kick from the left side bounced through traffic, Alejandro Zendejas crossed the ball back in from the right. Haji Wright headed it toward the left side of the frame and Powder made a key goal line clearance. Joe Gallardo kept things alive with a shot at the near left post and Hoyce deflected it out for a USA corner kick.

USA – Hugo Arellano, 35th minute: Trinidad & Tobago did not create too many clear-cut chances, but a lofted cross by Kareem Riley caused some concern for the USA. Goalkeeper Will Pulisic was unable to cleanly deflect the ball away, but his center back and team captain was up to the task with the clearance near the six-yard box.

TRI – Levi Fernandez, 49th minute: USA right back Matthew Olosunde was effective when he pushed up, and provided a dangerous cross in the middle of the box. Fernandez read it well and made a diving punch for the clearance with U.S. attackers lurking.

USA – Will Pulisic, 87th minute: Pulisic had yet to face a shot on goal, but he was tested twice in succession down the stretch and came up big on both occasions. Kerron Mason ripped a right-footed shot from well outside the box and Pulisic dove to his left for the save. The rebound popped out to Noah Powder from seven yards out at the near right post, and Pulisic again thwarted the Trinidad & Tobago offense with a well-positioned save.

Next on the Schedule:The U-17 MNT resumes Group A play against Guatemala at 6 p.m. ET on Thursday, March 5, at Estadio Francisco Morazán in San Pedro Sula.Broadcast information: FOX Sports 2, FOX Sports GO, Univision DeportesSocial: Twitter (@ussoccer_ynt; @ussoccer_esp)

Additional Notes:

The U-17 MNT is now 5-1-0 in international play this year.

The USA moved to 5-1-3 all-time against Trinidad & Tobago in this tournament’s history.

Head coach Richie Williams’ starting lineup featured three changes from the USA’s 5-0 victory against Cuba on Friday.

Goalkeeper Will Pulisic returned in net, and three of the four defenders also started in their second straight match: left back John Nelson, right back Matthew Olosunde and center back and team captain Hugo Arellano. Tanner Dieterich earned his first start of qualifying as the other center back.

The midfield of the 4-3-3 formation included another start for Christian Pulisic in an attacking role, while Luca de la Torre and Tommy McCabe garnered their first starts in the tournament. It marked McCabe’s first appearance in the CONCACAF U-17 Championship.

The front line featured returning starters Haji Wright on the right and Joe Gallardo in the middle. Alejandro Zendejas, who started in the midfield against Cuba, was pushed up to forward on the left side.

Christian Pulisic and Wright lead the team with 31 international caps in this cycle dating back to 2013.

The USA made its first sub in the 64th minute when McKinze Gaines replaced de la Torre. Gaines leads the USA with appearances in all six international games in 2015.

Tyler Adams made his second straight appearance off the bench, replacing Christian Pulisic in the 83rd minute.

In the first minute of second-half stoppage time, Richie Williams utilized his final substitution with Brandon Vazquez entering for Gallardo. It was Vazquez’s first appearance of the tournament.

Trinidad & Tobago played without Shirwin Noel, who served a one-game suspension after receiving a red card in the 39th minute of the team’s opening 4-1 loss to Guatemala on Feb. 27.

During a break in training in Portugal before the 2015 Algarve Cup, the WNT was put through a team-building exercise that was a scavenger hunt of sorts, as groups of players had to accomplish a list of tasks in a set amount of time. To no one’s surprise, it quickly got competitive as the teams tried to creatively accomplish their tasks to win the day.

CHICAGO (March 2, 2015) – U.S. Under-15 Boys’ National Team head coach John Hackworth has selected a 36-player group to compete at a domestic camp from
March 7-15 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

This is the U-15 BNT’s first camp of the year. The camp features 35 players who were born in 2000 and one born in 2001.

The camp includes a heavy presence of Development Academy players, with 32 of the 36 currently registered with Academy clubs. Seventeen players are
affiliated with Major League Soccer Academy teams, with four players from the LA Galaxy.